#AE9626#AE9626

#AE9626 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.127 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE9626
RGB	rgb(174, 150, 38)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 78.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -2.73, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 58.02, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0139 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.127 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7133, 30.9529, 6.2955)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE9626 #263EAE

analogous

#AE5226 #AE9626 #82AE26

triadic

#AE9626 #26AE96 #9626AE

tetradic

#AE9626 #26AE52 #263EAE #AE2682

square

#AE9626 #26AE52 #263EAE #AE2682

split-complementary

#AE9626 #2682AE #5226AE

monochromatic

#4A3F10 #7C6B1B #AE9626 #D5BA3D #E0CC6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AE9626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AE9626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AE9626

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE9626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AE9626	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6930D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC8A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae9626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 150, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.127 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab46a',
    500: '#ae9626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae9626;
$custom-light: #cab46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae9626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67557,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE9626

secondary

#6A7AC6

accent

#5EE741

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE9626

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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